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Game-changer: Mike Catt makes a break during the World Cup quarter-final against Wales in 2003. England turned that game around and lifted the trophy, beating Australia, the host nation, in the finalTimes Newspapers Ltd

As Chris Robshaw, the England captain, so irrefutably put it: “If they win
every game into the World Cup it’s not going to fill you with confidence, is
it?” No it isn’t, not at all.

Warren Gatland had enjoyed making the same point the day before: the next time
Wales visit Twickenham to play England after Sunday’s meeting, it will be a
group game of huge significance, a match arguably worth millions and one
that will dictate the course — and possibly the success — of England in
their home World Cup.